Work & commute · Clarence

Work & commute in Clarence, IA

Most working residents leave Clarence for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Cedar Rapids (9%), Davenport (8%) and Tipton (7%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

48 of 482 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 434 Clarence residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clarence.

434live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Clarence goes to work

Clarence (in town)right here

10%48

Cedar Rapids32.4 mi away

9%43

Davenport32.6 mi away

8%40

Tipton8.8 mi away

7%33

Iowa City29.1 mi away

6%29

Lowden7.2 mi away

4%21

Mount Vernon19.1 mi away

2%11

Clinton42 mi away

2%11

Maquoketa23.6 mi away

2%10

Dubuque46 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%226

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Clarence commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

16%

46%

15%

23%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

46%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Clarence is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Clarence are

254 jobs are based in Clarence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clarence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Clarence

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Clarence residents hold

482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Clarence, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 254. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.